Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch
Waynesboro, Virginia, USA
Daily Raptor Counts: Oct 06, 2011
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Species Day's Count Month Total Season Total
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Black Vulture 0 0 0
Turkey Vulture 0 0 0
Osprey 10 77 317
Bald Eagle 6 27 113
Northern Harrier 3 12 33
Sharp-shinned Hawk 107 273 863
Cooper's Hawk 17 40 127
Northern Goshawk 0 0 0
Red-shouldered Hawk 0 2 3
Broad-winged Hawk 11 66 28776
Red-tailed Hawk 9 26 55
Rough-legged Hawk 0 0 0
Golden Eagle 0 1 1
American Kestrel 5 24 209
Merlin 0 1 11
Peregrine Falcon 0 5 23
Unknown Accipiter 0 0 2
Unknown Buteo 0 0 4
Unknown Falcon 0 0 0
Unknown Eagle 0 0 0
Unknown Raptor 1 2 2
Total: 169 556 30539
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Observation start time: 08:00:00
Observation end time: 16:00:00
Total observation time: 8 hours
Official Counter: Rose Thomas
Observers: Allen Larner, Gabriel Mapel, Pete Nebel, Vic Laubach
Visitors:
Andrew Clem, Ted & Harma Ritter, Andrea Terry, Debra Hausrath, and Daniel &
Dixon White (from the Nature Conservancy).
Weather:
Clear, sunny, cloudless day. Light variable breezes. Temp. 13.9-16.4C. 64%
humidity.
Raptor Observations:
Another fun day of searching for little flying objects in the deep blue
skies! Seriously though, it was a another day of plenty of raptors
including a nice showing of 107 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 10 more Osprey and 6
more Bald Eagles (all juveniles at 9:05am, 9:10am, 11:17am, 12:18pm
4th-year, and two at 2:36pm). The Red-Tails are beginning to show some
movement.
Non-raptor Observations:
5 Canada Geese.
1 DC Cormorant.
2 Red-Headed Woodpecker.
1 Common Loon.
38 Northern Flickers.
Some Chimney Swifts.
39 Monarchs.
Predictions:
Ditto.
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Report submitted by Vic Laubach (laubach@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
Rockfish Gap Hawk Watch, VA information may be found at:
http://www.rockfishgaphawkwatch.org
